You want to look at nl2br() function. It takes newlines from a text like: Hello My name is Aaron Which when outputted normally would look like: Hello my name is aaron Using echo nl2br($dbquery); would produce: Hello<br><br> My name is<br><br> Aaron<br><br> In your HTML code which then would output in a browse like the above. Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Ro Stonemountain [mailto:roderik@rockdesign.net] Sent: January 9, 2003 10:53 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [mysql - php] Newline to BR problem I'm trying to place a text from a textfield into a database and displaying it on another page. All works fine and well but my problem is: If i place newline characters (press enter) in the forms textfield they don't show up on my display page. This is logical because newlines are not <br> codes. So i must replace the newline thingies with <br> code. Should this be done BEFORE i put the text in the database or AFTER i put the text in the database and what functions can i use???? Maybe it's a newbie question but it's on my mind for a few days now and i haven't found an answer yet, thanx! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
